The Polite Notices (B2 Reading Story)
Polite, unsigned notices begin appearing in Mira’s block of flats. Their careful wording hides a mystery: someone knows the residents’ problems, but nobody admits to writing them.
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2 · UPPER INTERMEDIATE
You can join discussions on complex topics, watch films without subtitles, and use English confidently at work.
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All English verb tenses — past, present, future
A full map of every English tense in one place. Use this as your reference as you sharpen the rest of your grammar.
B2 Grammar · 14 lessons
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Advanced word pairs, punctuation rules, and literary devices like irony and hyperbole.
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Upper-intermediate vocabulary — small but useful. More lessons coming as the site grows.
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Third Conditional: Talking About a Past That Never Happened
Quick Answer The third conditional imagines a different past. The shape is If + had + past participle, then would have + past participle: If I had studied, I would have passed. It always describes something that did NOT happen — which is why it is the grammar of regret. See the Pattern First Read…
Reported Speech: How to Say What Someone Else Said
Quick answer Reported speech tells someone what another person said. After a past reporting verb, we often use backshift: “I am tired,” she said becomes She said she was tired. Backshift is common, but it is not compulsory in every report. Choose tenses, pronouns and time words that fit the meaning. Common Backshift Patterns The…
The Hundred Steps (B2 Reading Story)
Reporter Amara expects a routine assignment about a city staircase. The people who use its hundred steps reveal a larger story about access, local history and whose voices count.
The Letters to Lantern Row (B2 Reading Story)
Postal worker Nadia keeps finding letters addressed to a house she cannot find. She follows the trail through Lantern Row to discover who is still waiting for a reply.
The Voice of the Bell Tower (B2 Reading Story)
A bat survey interrupts Nora’s familiar routine as a church warden. Strange recordings from the bell tower draw her into a search for an unexpected visitor.
The Wrong Train to Fonte Alta (B2 Reading Story)
Priya’s carefully scheduled Italian holiday goes wrong when she boards the wrong train. Stranded in Fonte Alta overnight, she must choose how to spend an unplanned day.
The Last Tram (B2 Reading Story)
Dina is asked to prepare the report closing a city tram line. Riding the route and speaking to passengers makes her question what the official figures leave out.
The Glow Under the Beech (B2 Reading Story)
Iris inherits a cottage beside an old wood. When she notices a glow beneath a beech tree at night, her curiosity as a science teacher draws her into an investigation.
The Wednesday Ferry (B2 Reading Story)
Travelling alone, Marta boards a small ferry on the northern coast. A Wednesday visit to an island introduces her to lives that rarely appear in a tourist itinerary.
